I have an issue, for my Kenwood TS-850S. When I go to cat control in desktop app, it displays only CI Network (ExpertSDR/RemoteHamRadio) #99001 and the error rigctl exited with code 1. WRL Cat Control app for web app doesn’t work either. However, I can control the rig just fine using flrig.
I installed from the web download on the homepage for .deb.
My system and OS are:
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.-MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-. ----------------------
.-MMMM`..-:::::::-..`MMMM-. OS: Linux Mint 21.2 x86_64
.:MMMM.:MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM:.MMMM:. Host: OptiPlex 3050
-MMM-M---MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.MMM- Kernel: 5.15.0-194-generic
`:MMM:MM` :MMMM:....::-...-MMMM:MMM:` Uptime: 1 hour
:MMM:MMM` :MM:` `` `` `:MMM:MMM: Packages: 4598 (dpkg), 28 (flatpak)
.MMM.MMMM` :MM. -MM. .MM- `MMMM.MMM. Shell: bash 5.1.16
:MMM:MMMM` :MM. -MM- .MM: `MMMM-MMM: Resolution: 1920x1080, 1920x1080
:MMM:MMMM` :MM. -MM- .MM: `MMMM:MMM: DE: Cinnamon 5.8.5
:MMM:MMMM` :MM. -MM- .MM: `MMMM-MMM: WM: Mutter (Muffin)
.MMM.MMMM` :MM:--:MM:--:MM: `MMMM.MMM. WM Theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Blue (Mint-Y)
:MMM:MMM- `-MMMMMMMMMMMM-` -MMM-MMM: Theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Blue [GTK2/3]
:MMM:MMM:` `:MMM:MMM: Icons: Mint-Y-Blue [GTK2/3]
.MMM.MMMM:--------------:MMMM.MMM. Terminal: gnome-terminal
'-MMMM.-MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-.MMMM-' CPU: Intel i3-6100 (4) @ 3.700GHz
'.-MMMM``--:::::--``MMMM-.' GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
'-MMMMMMMMMMMMM-' Memory: 7489MiB / 31977MiB
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I cloned the hamlib repo and built it on my computer with no errors. libhamlib-dev and libhamlib-utils are installed via apt. hamlib-utils is not a valid package on my freshly updated apt repo. Verified rigctl has my radio and is working:
nathan@sokyrad-desktop:~$ rigctl -l | grep 850
2009 Kenwood TS-850 20250515.0 Stable RIG_MODEL_TS850
3042 Icom IC-R8500 20250517.0 Stable RIG_MODEL_ICR8500
3075 Icom IC-7850/7851 20250517.8 Stable RIG_MODEL_IC785x
I have used it successfully from my laptop using mint, but this Dell Optiplex it doesn’t play nice.